SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques

Overview
This course is for those who need to learn data manipulation techniques using SAS DATA and procedure steps to access, transform, and summarize SAS data sets.
The course builds on the concepts that are presented in the SAS Programming 1: Essentials course and is not recommended for beginning SAS software users.
This course can help prepare you for the following certification exam(s): SAS Base Programming for SAS 9, SAS Certified Clinical Trials Programmer Using SAS 9.

Learn how to

Control SAS data set input and output

Combine SAS data sets

Summarize, read, and write different types of data

Perform DO loop and SAS array processing

Transform character, numeric, and date variables.

Who should attend
Business analysts and SAS programmers.

Prerequisites
Before attending this course, you should have at least six months of experience writing SAS programs or have completed the SAS Programming 1: Essentials course and used SAS for at least one month. Specifically, you should be able to: